After twelve years of living in Hawaii, I'd gotten a serious case of 'rock fever.' I just couldn't live on an island… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Now we sit and wait,” the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap. “What are we… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“muscles burned and her knees ached, but she did not stop. She owed that much to him and would not abandon him… — Tess Gerritsen Heart Copy Share Image
“After years of feeling like a misfit, I've realized that the world is full of other misfits, all of us identifying with… — Tess Gerritsen Hobbits Copy Share Image
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also… — Tess Gerritsen Ancient Copy Share Image
It's what all writers dream of, that our work finds a measure of immortality that long outlives the words of any critic. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
My brother and I spent our childhood in movie theaters screaming. I decided early on that that was the epitome of entertainment.… — Tess Gerritsen Adrenaline Copy Share Image
Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I met my husband, Jacob, in medical school. We married and went to live in Hawaii where his family lived. It was… — Tess Gerritsen Beautiful Copy Share Image
There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I raised two sons, and I know that even though they're bigger and stronger than I am, they're still little boys inside.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
While the TV show 'Rizzoli & Isles' may have been inspired by my books, show runner Janet Tamaro has total control over… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
'Ice Cold' is the eighth in my 'Rizzoli and Isles' thriller series. It was inspired by a true occurrence in the 1960s,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've… — Tess Gerritsen Asian Copy Share Image
In China, the dead are not forgotten - my relatives cheerfully pointed out all the niches of deceased friends and family, as… — Tess Gerritsen Cheerfully Copy Share Image
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting monks in China, so… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“If you don't love him, if you don't even care about him, then seeing him now shouldn't be all that painful. Should… — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and trying… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural… — Tess Gerritsen Anthropology Copy Share Image
Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by… — Tess Gerritsen Being hurt Copy Share Image
I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they… — Tess Gerritsen Age Copy Share Image
Alzheimer's is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this 'crime' is through a groundswell of people who continue to… — Tess Gerritsen Alzheimer Copy Share Image
I'd been writing stories since I was a child. I wrote little books for my mom and bound them myself with needle… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by… — Tess Gerritsen Adrenaline Copy Share Image
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“She met his gaze, and what she saw in his eyes scared her, because at that instant she saw both possibility and… — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
I think of all media, television is the most powerful when it comes to selling books, because when you have a feature… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I think what medical training does is it gives you the language, the tools to look up facts. I think medical training… — Tess Gerritsen Approach Copy Share Image
“...Jane remained in her chair thinking about justice, about how the dead never benefited from it. For them it always comes too… — Tess Gerritsen Justice Copy Share Image
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of… — Tess Gerritsen Bitchiness Copy Share Image
I spent my childhood watching every scary movie that Hollywood ever made. And I think that gave me the best education for… — Tess Gerritsen Age Copy Share Image
“Charles threw down the knife. Its thud was lost in the high-spirited bedlam of young men let loose upon a task so… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the stars line up, the gods smile, and love gets a fighting chance. Just a chance. That's all it can really… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
